First Stone - Mieka Pauley

God bless me, I got my own

This child is rich, and all alone

Lady Day, sing away

You call back those days

Anyway, anyhow

I said it then, I mean it now

I struck the sole blow

And she threw the first stone

God damn these old familiar songs

Each note lingers as I go on

Lady Day, I waste away

Haunted by refrains

Anyway, anyhow

I said it then, I mean it now

I struck the sole blow

And she threw the first stone

That stone

My past won’t leave me alone

That song, that song

I can’t help but sing along

Anyway, anyhow

I said it then, I mean it now

I struck the sole blow

And she threw the first stone